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Bobby Thomson

Birthdate:

10/25/1923

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 185 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Glasgow, , Scotland

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A great team player with a burning will-to-win desire, Bobby Thomson ranks as one of baseball's top clutch hitters. He played 14 seasons in the major leagues and collected over 1,000 career RBIs; including three straight 100+RBI years, 1951-1953. Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 10/25/1923. Bobby Thomson hit 31 home runs in 1951 but will always be remembered for his game-winning, 9th inning three-run homer against the Brooklyn Dodgers on the last day of the season (Oct. 3, 1951) that gave the New York Giants the National League pennant; the so-called "the Shot Heard' Round the World".

After serving in the US Military during World War II, in his first full season (1947), he hit 29 homers as the Giants set a team record with 221 homers. One of baseball's fastest runners, Bobby Thomson led the league with 14 triples in 1952, hit 24 homers, 108 RBIs. He was traded to the Milwaukee Braves in February 1954 and missed most of the year with "a triple fracture of an ankle". He rebounded to hit 20 Hrs, 74 RBIs in '56 and as a member of the Chicago Cubs in '57, hit 21 Hrs, 82 RBIs.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
17 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1946	NYG (NL)	18	54	8	17	4	1	2	9	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.362	SLG
1947	NYG (NL)	138	545	105	154	26	5	29	85	40	78	1	0	0	4	2	0	.283	.336	SLG
1948	NYG (NL)	138	471	75	117	20	2	16	63	30	77	2	0	0	2	3	0	.248	.296	SLG
1949	NYG (NL)	156	641	99	198	35	9	27	109	44	45	10	0	0	2	2	0	.309	.355	SLG
1950	NYG (NL)	149	563	79	142	22	7	25	85	55	45	3	0	0	5	2	0	.252	.324	SLG
1951	NYG (NL)	148	518	89	152	27	8	32	101	73	57	5	5	0	4	7	0	.293	.385	SLG
1952	NYG (NL)	153	608	89	164	29	14	24	108	52	74	5	2	0	4	2	0	.270	.331	SLG
1953	NYG (NL)	154	608	80	175	22	6	26	106	43	57	4	2	0	3	2	0	.288	.338	SLG
1954	MLN (NL)	43	99	7	23	3	0	2	15	12	29	0	0	0	0	2	0	.232	.315	SLG
1955	MLN (NL)	101	343	40	88	12	3	12	56	34	52	2	1	4	0	1	5	.257	.319	SLG
1956	MLN (NL)	142	451	59	106	10	4	20	74	43	75	2	4	4	2	5	4	.235	.302	SLG
1957	NYG (NL)	81	215	24	52	7	4	8	38	19	39	1	2	2	0	2	1	.242	.302	SLG
1957	MLN (NL)	41	148	15	35	5	3	4	23	8	27	2	1	0	2	2	0	.236	.285	SLG
1958	CHC (NL)	152	547	67	155	27	5	21	82	56	76	0	2	7	4	2	6	.283	.351	SLG
1959	CHC (NL)	122	374	55	97	15	2	11	52	35	50	1	0	6	2	2	5	.259	.322	SLG
1960	BAL (AL)	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1960	BOS (AL)	40	114	12	30	3	1	5	20	11	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.263	.323	SLG
17 years		1779	6305	903	1705	267	74	264	1026	559	804	38	20	23	34	36	23	.270	.332	.SLG

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